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Framing Ted Bundy

How a Media-made Myth Became Legend

Dr. Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi examines the reasons the myth of Ted Bundy developed and why it persists.

Serial killer, Ted Bundy, killed more than 30 women and girls. In news stories, he developed the persona of an intelligent, handsome killer who charmed women into following him to their deaths. In reality, Bundy struggled with school and employment. He unnerved most women he met and resorted to kidnapping his victims or attacking them while they slept. Journalist, author, and educator, Dr. Emile Le Beau Lucchesi, explains the media framing of Ted Bundy, how it originated and why it continues today. She is the co-author of "A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy," with Kathy Kleiner Rubin, who survived Bundy's 1979 attack at the Chi Omego house. Dr. Lucchesi holds a PHD in communication from the University of Illinois-Chicago.

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